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University  of  California  •  Berkeley 


To  the  Independent  Electors  of  Jfflassachusetts. 

ADAMS  AND  LATHROP. 

OUR  MOTTO.  "  An  Administration  merging  all  party  spirit  and  feeling,  in  the  great  interests  of  the  Commonwealth ;  to 
heal  the  divisions  of  party,  to  promote  the  harmony  of  the  Union,  and  to  maintain  the  INDUSTRY  OF  FREEDOM  and 
the  purity  of  the  Constitution." J.  Q.  ADAMS. 


AJJTIMASOMIC   REPUBLICAN  NOMINATIONS. 
Election 1 1th  No»eraber. 

FOR    GOVERNOR, 

JOHN  QUIXCY  ADAMS. 

FOR    LIKUTESAHT    GOVERHOR, 

SAMUEL  IiATHROP. 

FOR    SENATOKS. 

WORCESTER   COUNTY. 
STEPHEN  P.  GARDNER,  of  Boltoo. 
TYLER  IHCHELLER,  of  North  Brookfield. 
THEODORE  JONES,  of  Attiol. 
THOMAS  CHAMBERLAIN,  of  Worcester. 
WILLIAM  M.  BENEDICT,  of  Millbury. 

MIDDLESEX  COUNTY. 
TIMOTHY  Fl'LLER.of  Groton. 
DAVID  TOWNSKND.of  VValtham. 
JOHN  CLARK,  of  Watertown. 
WILLIAM  MONROE,  of  Concord. 
CALEB  WAKEFIELD.'of  Reading. 

ESSEX  COUNTY. 
WILLIAM  REED,  of  Marblehead. 
T.  M.  CLARK,  of  Newburvport. 
JOSEPH  WINN.of  Silem'. 
THOMAS  HA  YSON.  of  Rowley. 
JEREMIAH  SPOmJRD,  of  Bradford. 
KlCHAKl)  HAZELTlNE.of  Lynn. 

FRANKLIN  COUNTY. 
WILLIAM  BILLINGS,  of  Conway. 
NORFOLK  COUNTY. 

CHRISTOPHER  WEBB,  or  weymouth. 

JOHN  BAILEY,  of  Dorchester. 
GEORGE  HAWKS,  of  VVrentham. 

BERKSHIRE  COUNTY. 
SAMUEL  JONES. 
JOHN  M.  BREVVSTER. 

' BARNSTABLE  COUNTY. 

MATTHEW  COBU.of  Barnstable. 

PLYMOUTH  COUNTY. 
JOHN  B.  TURNER,  of  Scituate 
NATHAN  LAZELL,  of  Bridgewatcr. 

CONGRESSIONAL  ELECTION. 

FOK     RKPRESKNTATITE.— (Ninth   Dillrict.) 

WILLIAM  JACKSON. 


TO  THE  ELECTORS  OF  MASSACHUSETTS. 

FELLOW-CITIZENS, 

By  a  vote  of  the  State  Antimasonic  Republican 
Convention,  held  in  Boston  the  llth,  12th  and  13th 
of  September,  the  State  Committee,  in  conjunction 
with  the  County,  Town  and  District  Committees, 
were  directed  to  fill  any  vacancy  that  might  occur 
in  the  nomination  mide  by  the  Convention  for  the 
office  of  Lieutenant  Governor  of  the  Common 
wealth.  Such  a  vacancy  having-  occurred,  it  became 
the  duty  of  the  Committee  to  perform  the  service 
enjoined  upon  them  by  the  Convention.  They  have 
proceeded  in  the  exercise  of  this  responsible  trust, 
with  great  care  and  deliberation,  and  with  special 
reference  to  the  interests  of  the  State,  the  wishes 
of  the  Convention,  and 'the 'character  and  standing 
of  the  eminent  citizen,  whom  the  Antimasonic  Re 
publican  party  have  the  pride  and  pleasure  to  pro- 
sont  tf>  their  fellow-citizens,  as  their  candidate  for 
the  office  of  Governor  of  t!ie  Commonwealth. 

The  nomination  of  Mr.  ADAMS  for  Governor,  by 
the  Convention  was  made  in  entire  accordance  with 
the  wishes  of  the  gentleman  whom  the  party  had 
supported  as  their  candidate  for  that  office  for  the 
two  preceding-  years.  The  Convention  did  not  then 
foel  at  liberty  to  tendor  to  Mr.  LATHROP  their  nom 
ination  for  the  second  office,  without  previously  con 


sulting  him  on  that  subject,  which  it  was  not  in  their 
power  to  do,  before  the  Convention  adjourned. 

The  Committees  appointed  to  fill  Uie  vacancy  in 
the  nomination  of  a  candidate  for  Lieutenant  Gov 
ernor,  upon  a  full  consideration  of  the  subject,  were 
thoroughly  convinced,  that  no  name  in  this  Com 
monwealth,  whiph  could  be  presented  to  their  fellow 
citizens  in  connexion  with  that  of  JOHN  Quiver 
ADAMS  would  give  greater  weight  and  popularity  to 
the  ticket,  than  the  name  of  SAMUEL,  LATHROP. 
They  believed  that  the  same  noble  and  elevated 
motives,  the  same  conscious  obligation  of  a  good 
citizen,  whose  duty  it  should  be  to  obey  every  call 
of  his  country,  which  had  induced  Mr.  ADAMS,  af 
ter  having  held  the  office  of  Chief  Magistrate  of 
the  nation,  to  consent,  on  principles  he  fully  approv 
ed,  to  accept  a  nomination  for  Chief  Magistrate  of 
his  native  State  ;  would  not  be  less  felt,  or  less  ac 
knowledged  by  Mr.  LATHROP.  It  was  apparent 
too,  to  every  just  mind,  that  the  peculiar  pre-emi 
nence  of  Mr.  ADAMS,  founded  on  his  public  servi 
ces  in  the  most  importint  trusts,  and  in  the  highest 
office  which  the  nation  can  confer,  rendered  it  en 
tirely  honourable  for  any  other  citizen  in  this  Com 
monwealth,  however  eminent,  to  be  associated  with 
him,  as  second  in  a  nomination,  where  it  must  be 
universally  admitted  no  other  name  could  be  placed 
before  his. 

The  Committees  to  fill  the  vacancy,  were  also 
deeply  impressed  with  the  sense  unanimously  ex 
pressed  by  the  late  Convention  "  of  the  disinterest 
ed  motives,  the  purity  of  purpose,  and  the  disregard 
of  personal  sacrifices  for  the  sake  of  principle,  which 
had  alone  actuated  our  virtuous  fellow-citizen,  SAM 
UEL  LATHROP,  in  accepting  (after  he  had  voluntari 
ly  retired  from  a  long  and  useful  public  life,)  the 
Antimasonic  nomination  for  Governor  of  this  Com 
monwealth  :"  and  they  trusted  that  the  same  elevat 
ed  and  patriotic  views  might  be  appealed  to,  to  induce 
him  to  permit  his  name  to  be  placed  on  the  ticket 
with  that  of  JOHN  QUI.NCY  ADAMS  ;  and  thereby 
give  to  that  ticket  all  the  strength  which  public  ser 
vices,  eminent  ability  and  weight  of  personal  char 
acter  can  give  to  insure  the  success  of  the  princi 
ples  on  which  the  nominations  have  been  made. 

The  result  has  proved  that  his  fellow-citizens  did 
not  too  highly  estimate  the  disinterested  devotion  to 
sound  principle,  which,  through  a  long  life  of  useful 
ness,  has  uniformly  distinguished  SAMUEL  LATHROP, 
in  all  his  public  and  private  relations,  as  a  man  ele 
vated  above  fear,  as  he  is  above  reproach,  and  sole 
ly  guided  by  a  conscientious  conviction  of  right. 

With  these  views,  the  nominating  Committees,  in 
convention  on  (he  llth  of  October,  unanimously  in 
behalf  of  the  State  Convention,  tendered  to  SAMU 
EL  LATHROP  their  nomination  for  the  office  of  Lt. 
Governor  of  the  Commonwealth,  upon  the  same  Re 
publican  principles  on  which  the  nomination  for 
Governor,  had  been  presented  to  Mr.  ADAMS. 

A  sub-committee  was  appointed  to  communicate 
this  nomination  to  Mr.  LATHROP,  and  we  congratu 
late  our  fellow-citizens,  that  we  now  have  the  satis 
faction  to  inform  them,  officially,  that  upon  the  same 
principles  which  guided  him  in  his  acceptance  of 
the  nomination  for  Governor,  he  has  allowed  the" 
Committee  to  say  that  he  consents  his  name  may  be 
used  for  the  office  of*Lieutenant  Governor  of  the 
Commonwealth  for  the  year  ensuing. 

FELLOW-CITIZE.NS....WB  now  present  to  you  a 
ticket  of  which  every  citizen  of  old  Massachusetts 
may  justly  be  proud.  It  restores  to  you  something 
of  the  patriotic  principles  which  governed  republi 
can  citizens  in  the  best  days  of  the  Republic— the 
best  men  in  the  Commonwealth,  at  the  call  of  their 
fellow-citizens,  have  consented  to  be  supported  for 
the  most  responsible  offices  in  the  State.  The 
named  of  ADAMS  and  LATHROP  combine  a  greater 


amount  of  eminent  public  services,  distinguished 
ability,  soundness  of  political  principle,  arm  purity 
and  worth  of  personal  character,  than  any  two  names 
ever  before  held  up  to  the  citizens  of  this  Common 
wealth,  on  the  same  ticket,  for  the  two  first  offices 
in  the  gift  of  the  people. 

In  every  principle  and  measure  of  Stite  and  na 
tional  policy,  which  the  party  mainly  opposed  to 
ours,  admit  to  be  at  all  important,  the  views  of  these 
distinguished  fitizens  are  in  perfect  unison  with  a 
large  majority  of  the  people  of  this  State.  It  dis 
parages  no  man  in  the  Stat3  or  nation,  to  say,  that 
their  superiors  for  these  two  offices  cannot  be  named. 
'  Can  the  Electors  of  Massachusetts  hesitate  then, 
whom  they  will  choose  for  Governor  and  Lieutenant 
Governor,  at  the  ensuing  election,  when  it  is  their 
peculiar  privilege  ta  be  able  to  command  the  servi 
ces  of  such  men  ?  Between  the  candidates  of  the 
other  parties  and  citizens  whom  they  might  have 
selected  for  their  candidates,  comparisons  may  be 
held,  and  men  might  strongly  doubt,  as  to  their 
entire  superiority  of  character  and  qualifications. 
With  the  candidates  we  offer,  no  such  comparison 
can  be  held,  without  manifest  injustice.  May  we 
not  then  rely  with  confidence  upon  the  intelligence, 
the  sound  practical  good  sense,  the  love  of  country, 
the  devotion  to  principle,  the  regard  to  the  public 
services  of  eminent  citizens,  which  have  heretofore 
distinguished  the  people  of  this  Commonwealth,  to 
insure  a  majority  of  their  votes  at  the  ensuing  elec 
tion  for 

JOHN  QUIKCY  ADAMS 

AND 

SAMUEL  LATHROP. 


At  a  Convention  of  the  Stats,  County,  Town  and 
District  Committees,  held  in  Boston,  October  19, 
1833,  it  was 

Resolve  I,  unanimously,  .that  we  learn  with  the 
highest  satisfaction,  that  our  valued  fellow-citizen, 
SAMUEL  LATHROP,  has  generously  waved  all  per 
sonal  considerations  which  would  have  led  him  to 
prefer  private  to  public  life,  and  acceding  to  the 
soundness  cf  the  principles  of  the  resolutions  ad.opt- 
ed  by  the  Antimasonic  Convention,  tendering  the 
nomination  for  Governor,  to  JOH.N  QUI.NCY  ADAMS, 
has  accepted  the  nomination  tendere  I  t  >  him  in  the 
same  manner,  in  behalf  of  that  Convention,  for  the 
office  of  Lieutenant  Governor. 

'Resolved,  That  the  foregoing  addrrs:  t">  the  elec 
tors  of  Massachusetts,  be  unanimously  adopted  by 
this  meeting,  and  tint  it  accompany  the  announce 
ment  of  the  nomination  of  Air.  LATHROP. 

R  sjlied,  That  we  earnestly  recommend  to  our 
fallow  citizens,  a  thorough  organization  of  each 
county,  town,  ward  and  district,  by  the  appointment 
of  efficient  committees,  prepared  to  take  active 
measures  to  supply  their  respective  t  iwns  and  coun 
ties  with  votes,  to  circulate  information,  and  to  use 
all  fair  and  honourable  means,  to  insure  the  election 
of  JOHN  QUINCY  ADAMS,  and  SAMUEL  LATHROP. 

Resolvci,  That  every  citiz  n  who  values  the  char 
acter  of  tlie  Commonwealth,  owes  it  tr>  himself  and 
to  the  State,  to  use  his  utmost  endeavours  to  avert 
the  discredit  in  the  eyes  of  the  nation,  ami  in  the 
estimation  of  posterity,  which  would  inevitably  at 
tend  the  rejection,  by  a  majority  of  tlie  people  of 
this  Slit?,  of  the  services  of  two  such  men  as  Mr. 
ADAMS  and  Mr.  LATHROF,  upon  the  only  grounds 
on  which  it  is  pretended  they  can  be  opposed,  viz : 
their  opposition  to  a  Secret  Society,  which  all  admit 
to  be  u  1  ^ss,  and  many  believe  to  be  destructive  of 
republican  principles  and  equal  rights. 

GEO.  ODIORNE,  Chairman. 

DAVID  TILDEN,  Secretary. 


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